What is the worst thing that you have ever made? I'm not talking about infections or anything like that. Just something that you thought was a good idea, that you made and totally sucked.

For me, it was a licorice sweet stout.

It was a good idea, I thought, maybe it would be like good and plenty? I like those.

Boy, was I wrong. Tossed in some star anise and when I tasted the wort, I knew something wasn't right, because it had a weird, spice bitterness. Today, almost 2.5 months after brew day, the taste remains. Not wanting to throw out 5 gallons of bottled beer, so I guess time will tell on this one.

Strawberry mango juice and baker's yeast in a milk jug when I was in high school.

__________________"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth."Pondering: Roggenwein, Irish Red, Another Single-Hop IPA, Roggenbier w/ local wild yeastPrimary: Hefeweizen, Nugget Single-Hop IPA, Chamomile WheatSecondary: Saffron MetheglinBottled: Belgian Strong Dark, Saffron Wheat, UK Barleywine, Tripel, IIPA

I had a kit IPA that I made, it turned really dark going into the fermenter, and somehow (PEBCAM) the hops bag developed a hole and I didn't get the hops out when I transferred to the fermenter... I tasted it after a couple of weeks and decided to let it go a bit longer. About a year later (still in the primary) I tasted it and thought .... Oh ****.

My first GF IPA. Tastes like bitter nasty (not hop bitter, just bitter nasty). I've learned much since then.... all three beers ago. I've done a lot of "normal/real" beer and figured the sorghum was just a substitution. Wrong!